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Solomon Islands Media Professionals Gain Insightful Experience Of China’s Media, Culture, And Mesmeric Growth
Scoop
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Four media professionals from the Solomon Islands (SI) successfully completed a two-week seminar on Full-Media Communication for “Belt and Road Countries” in China, describing the training program as an eye-opener as cooperation between the two...
Guyana to be host country for regional disaster recovery hub -President Ali announces
Guyana Chronicle
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June 27, 2025
GUYANA will be the host country for the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Disaster Recovery Super Hub, President, Dr Irfaan Ali has announced. In a broadcast address on Wednesday, the Guyanese Head of State explained that with Guyana’s immunity to...
Another partner soon for Afreximbank
The Nation Barbados
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June 28, 2025
Another Caribbean country is expected to join the 12 already partner members with the Afreximbank next month, its outgoing president Professor Benedict Oramah revealed yesterday. In his farewell speech, Oramah said the array of Caribbean political...
Afeximbank president ends tenure, lauding expansion to the Caribbean
I Witness News
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June 27, 2025
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — Professor Benedict O. Oramah on Friday ended his 10-year stint as president and chairman of the board of directors of the Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), hailing the financial...
The beat of goombay
Aeon
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June 27, 2025
When I was a child, my parents would receive packages from home. These were fat cardboard boxes lacquered in tape. They didn’t come directly from home – from Sierra Leone, that is – but from some friend or relative who had gone home for a couple...
IRON WOOD THROWS CLASSIC: 'By throwers, for throwers' — Competitors laud thrower-centric Rathdrum meet
CDA Press - Idaho
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June 29, 2025
By MARK NELKE Sports writer RATHDRUM — Before each throw, Payton Otterdahl pauses before he steps into the ring, and gazes out at the shot put landing area, and where his next toss might land. Or maybe, he’s just admiring the setting at the Iron...
A tribute to Kraigg Brathwaite: A modern legend of West Indies cricket
Barbados Today
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June 28, 2025
37 To the wall who gave us 212, 182, and 160. To the leader who extracted our first Test victory Down Under since Courtney Walsh in 1997. To the landmark statesman who twice visited Asia and returned with more than expected – a 2-0 series triumph...
Former Trump advisor says US ‘will make Africa great again’
I Witness News
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June 27, 2025
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — Jason Miller, a communication strategist and former advisor to President Donald Trump, says that Africa should ally itself with the United States as Washington “will make Africa great again” as...
The Tenth Edition of BoF VOICES Is Coming: First Speakers Announced
The Business of Fashion
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June 25, 2025
When we staged the first BoF VOICES back in 2016, our vision was simple yet ambitious: to create a space where the most influential and inspiring minds in the fashion industry could unite to connect, reflect and ignite change together with the...
Greece Leads Global List of Best New Beach Hotels for 2025
Greek City Times
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June 27, 2025
Ten of the world’s most inspiring new coastal escapes have been unveiled in a list curated by travel platform Backstage – and two of the top three are in Greece. Luxury travel is evolving. As travellers turn away from generic opulence and seek out...
Dave Parker, hard-hitting outfielder known as ‘the Cobra,’ passes away at 74
WFTV - Florida
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June 28, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Associated Press. Legendary outfielder Dave Parker, nicknamed “the Cobra,” has died at 74, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday....
Academic urges African neutrality as US, China wrestle for dominance
I Witness News
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June 28, 2025
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — A former member of the United Nations Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani, is urging Africa to remain neutral amidst the struggle between the United States and China for domination of the world economy....
Trinidad and Tobago entrepreneur wins business pitch competition in NY
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 28, 2025
Features Newsday 4 Hrs Ago Founder and CEO of Vibe Connections Ltd Amina Blake-Foreman, displays her winning cheque at the CBN X USC 2025 Business Pitch Competition which took place at The Se7en, Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York on June 22. -...
Bronx celebrates Caribbean Heritage Month with honors for Caribbean Life and local trailblazers
Caribbean Life - New York
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June 24, 2025
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson honored Caribbean Life and several community figures and entrepreneurs during her Gala Annual Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Andrew Freeman House, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, on...
Deadline extension: basic training course on ocean acidification
Ocean Acidification
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June 26, 2025
Dates: 11-15 August 2025 Location: Kingston, Jamaica Deadline for receipt of application from the nominating national authority: 2 July 2025 Form A and Form C The course is a cooperative effort organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s...
St Kitts and Nevis to host AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2026
SKN News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew has announced that St Kitts and Nevis will be hosting the 2026 edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF). He made this announcement when he was attending the 32nd Annual Meetings of the African...
Closing the skills gap
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to...
28 Canadian books that make great summer reads Looking for a new read this season? Check out the CBC Books Summer Reading List! Books |June 27
CBC/Radio-Canada
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Looking for a new read this season? Check out the CBC Books Summer Reading List! Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay Written on the Dark is a gripping historical drama set in medieval France, blending love and conflict against the backdrop of a...
PM meets Egypt’s candidate for UNESCO Director-General
Now Grenada
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June 24, 2025
On 20 June 2025, Prime Minister the Honourable Dickon Mitchell welcomed Khaled El Enany, Egypt’s candidate for the position of Director-General of UNESCO, during a courtesy call aimed at strengthening cultural and diplomatic ties. El Enany, a...
Roaming Charges: After Midnight
CounterPunch
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June 27, 2025
B-2 Stealth bomber flying at night. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder / U.S. Air Force. After midnight We’re gonna let it all hang out We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion Give an exhibition Find out what it is all about – JJ Cale, After Midnight...